McDonald’s challenges Microsoft FAT patent
Posted by Matthew on Monday April 19, 2004 @05:57PM
from the out-of-the-deep-fat-fryer-and-into-the-electric-heating-coils dept.
Matthew writes: McDonalds Corporation has announced that it is challenging the FAT patent issued to Microsoft.
According to the press release, “FAT is ubiquitous, it’s obvious, and Microsoft should not be allowed to extract a license or royalty from companies who want to distribute products that contain FAT. McDonald’s has been distributing products containing FAT since 1954—more than twenty years before Microsoft was founded. Certainly there’s no reason why this patent should have been issued in 1996. It amounts to abuse of the patent and trademark system. We have just fended off a number of suits pertaining to FAT, and we don’t intend to be embroiled or emdeepfried in any more litigation about FAT.”
Subject:eh?
so… who has the patent on FUD?
Comment by skippy the wonder squid — April 20, 2004 @ 10:38 pm
Subject:I'm Lovin' It!
This story is beautiful if only for the phrase “… we don’t intend to be embroiled or emdeepfried …”
Made my morning!
Comment by Dave — April 21, 2004 @ 6:57 am
Subject:Re: eh?
That would be ConAgra.
Comment by Matthew — April 22, 2004 @ 11:51 am